Bag-tie



M. Y. HALL. Bag-Tie.

No. 224,130. Patented Feb. 3. 1880.

WITNEssEs: INVENTOR:

I BY l Y ATTORNEYS. n

N- PERS. 'PHOTO-UTNOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. `l.)A C.

UNITED` STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MosEs Y.` HALL, 0E vINAL HAVEN, MAINE.

BAGQTI E- SIEZIE'KSIIElICA'LION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,180, dated February 3, 1880.

Application filed April 9, 1879.

The invention consists of the hook A, pre-f` erably ot' iron, to the head of Whose shank is secured, by pin or other device, one end of the flat spring B, that stretches across the front of the hook, and has its other end engaged in a recess, a', cut in the under side of the point or barb thereof, and held there by its own elasticity. This end of the spring is furnishedwith a pin, b', that projects downward through a small hole, c', made in the shank. When this end of the spring is pressed down the cord C, that is used in connection with the tie for securing the mouth of the bag D, may be caught in the loop or bend of the hook, and held there by the knot d.

Lest accidentally the cord should work out of the loop, the throat of it is contracted, as shown in the drawings, and further security against such accident is afforded by the pin b', which, by action of the spring, is made to close the mouth of the loop.

On one side of the'hook is a boss, j", pierced with a hole, through which it is sewed or other. wise fastened to the bag. The head of the hook is furnished with an eye, through which one end of the cord is passed, and then turned and spliced.

When the tie is secured to the bag near its mouth, Vwith the spring uppermost, the top of the bag is gathered up in the usual manner, the cord passed around it, drawn tight and over the spring into the loop of the hook. A knot is then made in the cord to prevent it from becoming loose.

When it is desired to open the mouth of the bag the spring and pin are pressed down and the cord pulled up out of the hook.

The knot once formed on the cord will always serve to secure it in the hook.

This tie is simple and effective, and can be more quickly adjusted and loosened than can any other device for fastening bags.

I am aware that it is not newin snap-hooks to use on the platespring a pin projecting through a`hole in shank ot' hook; but

What I claim is- The herein-,described bag-tie hook, apertured at c at the rear end, and in a boss, f', recessed ata, having a narrow throat for the knotted cord, and provided with the spring B, having the pin b','as shown and described.

MOSES Y. HALL.

Witnesses:

DAVID VINAL, HERBERT L. HOPKINS. 

